French authorities have arrested nine suspects in connection with the fatal attack on 23-year-old far-right activist Quentin Deranque in Lyon last week, officials said, amid rising tensions between France’s far-right and hard-left groups ahead of upcoming elections. Read More: PTI activist Falak Javed arrested in another case Deranque sustained a severe brain injury during an attack by at least […]
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Australian far-right senator wears burqa to parliament, sparking outrage
Australian far-right Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa to Parliament on Monday as a political prop in her push to ban the Muslim garment in public, sparking accusations of racism from Muslim senators over the stunt. Hanson wore the burqa shortly after she was denied permission to introduce a bill that would outlaw burqas and […]
Rio’s far-right governor would use ‘a missile’ against criminals
Rio de Janeiro’s far-right governor Wilson Witzel has advocated using a “missile” to blow up criminals in one of the Brazilian city’s most violent slums. Witzel, who presided over a record number of police killings in the first three months of his term, said Friday that Rio residents were living in a “state of terrorism,” […]
Austrian far-right leader resigns over ‘Ibiza affair’
Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, a key figure of the European far-right, resigned Saturday after explosive revelations from a hidden camera sting, just days before key EU elections. “I tendered my resignation as vice-chancellor of Austria to Chancellor Kurz, and he accepted this decision,” an emotional Strache said in a televised statement. Media reports emerged on […]
Far-right Vox party stirs swing vote talk as Spain’s election looms
Spain’s Vox party, aligned to a broader far-right movement emerging across Europe, has become the focus of speculation about shifts in voting intentions since official polling for Sunday’s national election ended four days ago. No single party is anywhere near securing a majority, and chances of a deadlocked parliament and a second election are high. […]
Far-right Vox wants to shake up Spain’s election
On the distant margins of politics until it burst onto the scene in southern Spain, far-right party Vox hopes lingering discontent will help it score big in Sunday’s general election. For a long time, Spain was one of the few European countries that didn’t have a far-right party to speak of. That changed in December […]
The new world disorder and the far right
In Greek mythology there is a story about Zeus, the father of Greek gods, releasing two eagles, one at each end of the world and commanding them to fly at each other. A sacred stone, called omphalos (the navel of the world), was placed where they met. It enabled communication with the divine. Following the […]